#BC8448#BC8448

#BC8448 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.103 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8448
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 72)
HSL	hsl(31, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 15.25, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 43.22, 69.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0416 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.103 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1619, 27.6642, 9.8808)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8448 #4880BC

analogous

#BC4A48 #BC8448 #BABC48

triadic

#BC8448 #48BC84 #8448BC

tetradic

#BC8448 #48BC4A #4880BC #BC48BA

square

#BC8448 #48BC4A #4880BC #BC48BA

split-complementary

#BC8448 #48BABC #4A48BC

monochromatic

#654625 #926535 #BC8448 #CCA275 #DDC0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC8448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BC8448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8448

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8448	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.103 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a77d',
    500: '#bc8448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8448;
$custom-light: #d4a77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.034,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65722,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8448

secondary

#96AFCA

accent

#92D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8448

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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